The Wood Stork - endangered to threatened

The Wood Stork was recently down listed from endangered to threatened.  The Wood Storks were put under the endangered species act in 1984, which has protected and allowed for their population to grow.  From almost being extinct, the wood stork population has multiplied to 12,000 nesting pairs in the Southern states such as Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.  A wood stork recovery action plan was created in 2009 to speed up the down listing of the storks.  Conservation efforts such as preservation and restoration of wetlands, protection of nesting areas, and management of water flow.  With these efforts, the population of wood storks has continuted to grow.  Hopefully, with a continuation of this great effort, eventually wood storks will be no longer be threatened and will be a complete success story.